#A46D42#A46D42

#A46D42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.091 H 57.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A46D42
RGBrgb(164, 109, 66)
HSLhsl(26, 43%, 45%)
HSVhsv(26, 60%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 33.5%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(50.95, 17.31, 32.66)
CIE-LCHlch(50.95, 36.97, 62.07°)
OKLaboklab(58.36% 0.0488 0.0773)
OKLCHoklch(58.36% 0.091 57.7)
XYZxyz(21.7632, 19.2250, 7.7178)
Luminance0.1922 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A46D42 #4279A4
analogous
#A44248 #A46D42 #A49E42
triadic
#A46D42 #42A46D #6D42A4
tetradic
#A46D42 #48A442 #4279A4 #9E42A4
square
#A46D42 #48A442 #4279A4 #9E42A4
split-complementary
#A46D42 #42A49E #4248A4
monochromatic
#4D331F #785030 #A46D42 #C08C63 #D2AC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33
#A46D42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84
#A46D42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A46D42
4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A46D42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A46D421.004.334.844.84
#FFFFFF4.331.0021.0021.00
#0000004.8421.001.001.00
##0000004.8421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7D723E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8A7E42
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B26263
Achromatopsia (no color)
#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a46d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 109, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.091 57.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29777',
    500: '#a46d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a46d42;
$custom-light: #c29777;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a46d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.327,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58357,
    "c": 0.09138,
    "h": 57.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A46D42
secondary
#85A4BD
accent
#9CD255
background
#FCF9F7
surface
#F8F2ED
border
#D1CCC8
text
#130D09
muted
#827E7B

Preview Lab

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#A46D42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva